US644489A - Spring-actuated fish-hook. - Google Patents

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' No. 644,489. Patented Feb. 27, I900.

- D. W. ANDERSON.

SPRING ACTUAT ED FISH HOOK.

(Application filed. Apr. 17, 18%.

(No Model.)

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DAVID WILEY ANDERSON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

SPRING-ACTUATE D FISH-HOOK.

SPEGIEFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,489, dated February 27, 1900. Application filed April 17, 1899- Serial No. 713,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, DAVID WILEY ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Actuated Fish-Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. I

, Figure 1 is a perspective of a form of fishhook embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view of another form having a modified balancing device.

Referring to Fig. 1, A indicates the hook part as a whole; B, the hook-carrier; O, the trigger; D, the trigger-pulling device; E, the sinker; F, the sinker-carrier, and G the main cord by which the whole device is suspended. In this construction the hookA is formed with two legs or bars a a, each terminating in a pointed hook proper, a a. At a there is a trigger attachment provided, which may be formed by bending outwardly-extending offsets in the metal of the legs a. The legs act are separated or tend to be separated through the action of a spring, which in this construction is provided by again bending the metal of each of the halves or side parts of the hook to form one or more coils, as at a and one or more offsets, as at a The eye, coil, or spring part at a can also be utilized as a means of attaching the hook to its carrier B, as by being loosely engaged with an eye at b. To this eye also can be attached the carrier F of the sinker E. The main cord G is here shown as being connected to the carrier Bby means of a ring or eye at g. The trigger (indicated as a whole hy,C) is in the device illustrated in Fig. 1 improved by bending a piece of wire in such a way as to have a long arm 0 and a short arm a, with outwardly-turned ends 0 forming fingers adapted to engage with the outer sides of the expanded offsets at (L The attaching part of the trigger 0 extends backward and is loosely connected to the rod or equivalent D, which at its lower end engages with the trigger and at its upper end is connected to the hook-carrier B and the main cord G, preferably by means of the eye at g.

By forming the trigger with the long arm 0 on one side and the short arm a on the other I insure that when the device is in position the planes of the hook parts proper, a, will be inclined to the horizontal, as will be seen from the drawings, and the connections of the parts a, B, and b of the hook can turn freely to any position. The draft from the triggerpulling part D, being applied nearer to one side of the offsets a than the other, pulls the parts aat an inclination, as above described. Not only are the hook-points held in this way, but the hook as a whole, it will be seen, is held away from the vertical position, the sinker at E tending to draw downward upon its inner end or heel end, while the rod or equivalent at D tends to draw upward at a point remote from the hinge parts a b, and in this respect the device differs from those which have the hook arranged to be suspended directly downward from the heel to the points.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a hook which in most respects is similar to that in Fig. 1, although differing therefrom in some details. Here the stem part of the trigger is at the center of the locking-arms, and the tilting of the hook to an inclined position is effected by means ofa weight 0 applied to one of the ofiset parts or of the hook-arms, and the part of the hook between the eye a at the heel and the offset parts at a are not bent, as in Fig. 1, but are parallel, as shown at a I am aware that it has been proposed to make spring-actuated hooks with weights for holding the hook-points in a plane other than the horizontal; but in the constructions to which I refer the main cord corresponding to that at Gherein was connected to the hook proper only by a loose connection, the lower end of the cord running through an eye on the hook and so arranged that it pulled positively upon the hook only after it had released the trigger and drawn the trigger up against the said eye. In my construction the hook is carried by the main cord positively and independently of the trigger-releasing device. Consequently the springing of the hook is effected by the first impulse of the pull upon the cord, and immediately thereafter the cord draws upon the hook by apositive pull.

It will be understood thatdevices embody ing more or less of the essential features of the invention can be used for the catching of animals, as well as fish.

\Vhat I claim is l. A device for catching fish, and similar purposes, having a horizontally or laterally extending hook with two oppositely-moving spring actuated hook points, a drawing means positively connected to the heel or inner part of the hook, means for holding said hook with one side higher than the other, whereby said points may act upwardly and downwardly, a trigger for holding the parts of the hook in set position, and means for releasing the trigger, substantially as set forth.

2. A device for catching fish, and similar purposes, having a horizontally or laterally arranged hook with two oppositely-moving spring-actuated points, a draft device positively connected to the heel or inner end of the hook, an eccentrically-arranged weight connected to the hook for holding the said two hook-points in a plane other than the horizontal, a sinkerfiexibly connected to the heel or inner part of the hook, a trigger for holding the hook-points in a set position and a trigger-releasing device supplemental to and connected to the draft device, substantially as set forth.

3. A mechanism for catching fish, and similar purposes, having a horizontally or laterally arranged hook with two oppositely-moving spring-actuated points, a draft device a trigger for holding the said points in a set position, a hook-carrier interposed between the heel or inner part of the hook and the draft device, and a trigger-releasing device interposed between the trigger and the draft device, and means for holding the points of the hook in a plane other than the horizontal, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVl-D WILEY ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

II. L. DENOON, D. EARLE ALLEN.

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